ECPI University

They were so nice and helpful in the beginning when signing you up. (Of course, because they wanted the almost $60K tuition for their ADN evening program. It is set up to make you fail for sure. I am in the medical field and have been for the last 20 years, working in the Largest Trauma hospital in Central Florida. They lecture off of power points and just skim through the material. You are basically responsible for learning the information on your own. The school is GHETTO people come in slides to school and nothing is said, joking and foul language - No professionalism AT ALL. You are only graded on the Exams not the 30 assignments they give you each week. Class started with 33 students. The second class only had 11 students not because of the students failing but they realized early on that this school is trash. I realized two weeks into second term that this school is a scam. They charge so much and set you up to fail. If you have to repeat the course (which you definitely will - A & P II in 5 weeks is nearly impossible to pass) you have to pay for the class again. If you ask for help, they will throw a paper at you to request online tutoring from another student for 1 hour. How is that going to help? My mental health declined tremendously and my dreams of becoming a nurse were destroyed. I am so glad I made the decision to withdraw. The school is trash and if you aren't a minority, you will get dismissed and concerns of bullying and poor treatment will be ignored. Stay far, far, far, away from this place. It's not worth the sleepless nights, headaches, ulcers and the extensive amount of work required that doesn't even count towards your grade. Please do yourself a favor and avoid this place by any means necessary. It sounds great "oh wow an evening class for ADN with no wait list? Yeah, trust me, if it sounds too good to be true, it is! Do your research and find another school that will benefit you and give you the education you need to be successful. Good luck!

I am watching my daughter struggle with this school, this school is the absolute worst, I was worried abt her returning to ecpi after her LPM. They don't give a damn, they make new rules as you go and you are forced to sign them or they will not allow you to continue your classes. I watch my daughter cry, study from night to morning to take a test that they are constantly changing, they MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU FAILING! My daughter is not a A+ Student, but she has a drive. She's at the end one more class to go, that class is put on hold because she can't seemed to pass a practice test that she has to write by hand 45-50 pages on that test before taking it, what time do you have to study? Ecpi will not destroy my daughter's dreams without a fight so help me God, it is abt time they are exposed. Started doing my homework on them as soon as my daughter against her better judgements re-entered. I give up my job, home to move here to support my daughter and all I'm seeing is a school with a bullied agenda. The worst school folks read the reviews, students reviews. Don't go to that ecpi!

I started off just getting IT certifications while I was in the military. I came back to get my bachelors and was happy to hear that they discount certification cost for a select few of COMPTIA AND MICROSOFT certs($20). Ive seen two types of students within the classes that I have attended. The one that doesnt show up and the one that showed up early. If you are not ready for a 5 week term and you dont have the discipline to focus on school, then I wouldnt recommend it. I really enjoyed the fast pace because it allows you to complete things early as possible to start on your career path. They also accreditted some of my military experience! =)

Started with 13 at the beginning of the term only 5 passed. Extra assignments and project given to compensate first test of term in which no one passed. Lots of changes made in the middle of the term without notification or explanation to students. Students complain to don that instructor was just reading power point slides and not teaching materials. Don stated that instructors aren't there to teach but to facilitate. Told students they would not be failing if they had read their books. Final exam grades only included 95%of the test and then 5 points were given for a project after students were told that they would be given 10 points on exam grade to compensate for project. Hours spent studying for don to micromanage final grades to her choosing and everything promised to students was a lie. 8 out of 13 failed due to not receiving credit for assignments that had been completed and having an instructor who didn't know the material. They are all worried about nclex pass rates and don't care about helping students. I guess the easiest way to increase nclex pass rates is to choose who goes forward and who gets set back. The class ahead of us only had 3 students pass. Guess they're not really worried about student retention and graduation rates. Just worried about getting our money and then getting rid of as many students they can to improve nclex pass rate. I do not recommend this school to anyone. They just keep you stressed out and take your money. A year of my life and around ******* I'll never get back.

I am in the RN program at ECPI. I love it. I disagree with its a waste of time. Ive been in the medical field for 20yrs now. I chose this school because it had no waiting list, small classroom size, and it now offers BSN and MSN. It is accelerated- 5 weeks.No sugar coating. This is not for everyone. But it can be rewarding.
You will need a financial plan. But you need one at any 4 year college. I searched for grants, loans, scholarships, and assistance. I looked everywhere. I was able to find a partnership scholarship, tuition reimbursement through my employeer, and an additional scholarship. The offer a graduating scholarship your last year also. Google and look everywhere. Check your banks, employers, etc. Sometimes they will have a scholarship. Do your research and homework.
I would just say make sure you are committed before coming to this program. Make sure you can make the sacrifices needed to succeed. Be proactive. Before the first day of class I have already skimmed and read the book, made outlines, and studied. You get out of it what you put in it.
I love this nursing program.
Christy

I was stuck in a phone support job that gave me a little IT experience but not enough to get an actual job. Finally I asked a recruiter what can I do to get into IT and she said she places ECPI University graduates all the time. So I checked at the Concord campus and found that the Charlotte campus would be closer to my work. The tuition was less expensive than UNCC plus ECPI had full time night classes.

I won't sugar coat it, going to going to school full time and working full time was hard. A lot of people cannot handle it and really do not want an IT career. That's why you see negative comments about teachers being useless, because, it IS and accelerated degree. (You get a 4 year bachelor degree in 2.5 years) and some people go into ECPI thinking it's going to be handed to them. It is not. You have to earn it. It's year round, no Christmas breaks and no spring breaks. And it is worth every penny and every minute of your time.

I was about half way through my bachelor degree when I started interviewing and I got a position at Vanguard (the investment company) based on the experience I learned at ECPI. I graduated a year and a half later and sent resume's to 4 specific companies and within a week, I had 4 interviews, 4 call backs and had my choice of companies.

None of this would have happened if I had not enrolled and stuck to my classes at ECPI University. If you are thinking about an IT career this probably isn't for you. But if you know you want a career in systems admin, network admin, network security, then this is the school for you.

While other Nursing programs take in account your quizzes, exams, projects, labs, practicals and clinical, ECPI only grade off of exams and you must have an 80 or above to pass. You can rock out all 100% on everything and bomb one exam or final and your out. The rest is a pass or fail. This system needs to be revamped and looked into. It tells the students that nothing else is important but the exams. We need everything not just the exams. It gives you the feeling that they believe only good exams from the beginning makes a quality nurse instead of molding a good quality nurse. The instructors complain about the program in front of students and even tell us to find a better school. Believe it or not the instructors are not all in agreement with the way the program works. This program is not designed for success. The DON acts as if she cares but she's old and set in her way. She is nice but is full of it. This is a weeding out program no doubt about it. The program is miserable and creates a unhealthy student environment. I met awesome people and made good friends and we all feel the same. The program needs revamping. I wish someone would look into it. Or at least give you the correct materials to study. I hated my experience at Ecpi Raleigh. It was not a good nursing program and this is coming from someone who passed but only because I didn't work, my husband is a nurse who was really my teacher. My mom is a physician who broke things down for me and I don't have children. I am not the ideal student. I watched students loose everything and were way better at things than me fail. I owe my degree to my family not ECPI. I wish I'd went to a different school so that all I did was not just memorize the ATI questions and answers. It was useless and now I'm a nurse who has no school pride or high hopes for my institution. When I meet other ECPI grads I know there not proud of their school. I hate that so much. Your program sucks ECPI. Revamp it and produce nurses and in larger quantities not 7 or 8 at a time. It's not always the students that fail, you all have also failed your students. It's a team effort. And this is why people say your school is a money scam. Please stay away from for profit programs that really just want your money. You'd have better success at Trump university! Scam school!

Wanted to share my story with everybody about my experiences with ECPI! I am no longer in there program due to missing 1 day of clinical! After which I was brought in office by the president and the new dean that started at this school 5 days prior to this happening that because I failed prior classes(mind u I brought those grades to A&Bs and hadn't failed a class since as well as my GPA WAS ALSO AT A B+ average)... they didn't think I was suitable for this program! DID I MENTION THAT I WAS ONLY 2 CLASSES AWAY FROM GRADUATING WITH MY LPN LICENSE! THEY DIDNT GO TO MY TEACHERS TO EVEN ASK WAT TYPE OF STUDENT I WAS OR NOTHING! When asked what was my options both went silent and told me I could start over in another program but would still have to pay whatever the lpn program was costing as if I graduated and the fee of the next program!

IM NOT LOOKING FOR NO SYMPATHY OR NO PITY PARTY FROM ANYONE! I JUST WANT MY STORY TO BE TOLD SO OTHERS CAN BE AWARE! Don't get me wrong it's a great and easy way to get ur foot in as a nurse but ECPI UNIVERSITY IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! THERE IS NO TYPE OF FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING ADULTS AT ALL!

Two years after I graduated from ECPI with complete course perfect attendance, Dean's list, President awards, high honors, a 3.9 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, and as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honors society, I still don't have my Associate's degree.
The student of the year and the perfect 4.0 was given to a sister of an employee, and she didn't have perfect attendance.
I brought a broken scholarship promise, poor teaching, no financial transparency, being racially discriminated against by a culture and diversity teacher, and other issues up to the director at the Greensboro, NC campus. Of course she didn't like me bringing this up. After many unanswered calls and no returned messages from the data staff, I called ECPI'S Corporate office about me not getting my degree by mail yet, while we were talking she was checking my GPA and asked if I got the the perfect 4.0 and student of the year since I was the only one with perfect attendance and high GPA, I said no I did not. I explained to her about the issues I had and that I thought this was the reason for not getting the awards. She apologized for the issues I had and what I went through, she assured me she would call me back after she calls the Greensboro campus and get to the bottom of it and that she will be mailing my degree. I never heard from her again. A few months later I called her again to let her know I have not received my degree yet, I was told to leave her a message. She didn't call me back so I called again and
Was told it has been sent to me several times. I offered to pay for certified mail to have proof of received signature, they refused saying I have to go pick it up at their campus.
I paid ECPI too much money to not have my degree after graduating.
I regret not going to GTCC instead.